Is CVE-2023-3601 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-3601 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-3601?

CVE-2023-3601 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-3601?

CVE-2023-3601 has an EPSS score of 0.43% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3601?

Upgrade simple author box to 2.52 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-3601

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.

How to fix

Remediation Available

simple author boxNVD

Affected:< 2.52Fixed in:2.52CVE-2023-3601derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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